Perhaps it is or was just me, but I grew up watching Amos and Andy. Maybe it was my naivety, but I never considered they denigrated blacks any more then Jackie Gleason denigrated bus drivers. It was simply comedy and funny as hell. Looking back, I thought as much about Amos and Andy, as I did Laurel and Hardy, or Martin and Lewis. It is a sad commentary on today, when people imagine racism into a comedy team that was never there. Too many people looking to be offended.
Perhaps it is or was just me, but I grew up watching Amos and Andy. Maybe it was my naivety, but I never considered they denigrated blacks any more then Jackie Gleason denigrated bus drivers. It was simply comedy and funny as hell. Looking back, I thought as much about Amos and Andy, as I did Laurel and Hardy, or Martin and Lewis. It is a sad commentary on today, when people imagine racism into a comedy team that was never there. Too many people looking to be offended.
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, I thought as much about Amos and Andy, as I did Laurel and Hardy, or Martin and Lewis
DeletePrecisely and your compete comment could not have been said better.